Thank you for posting this! Very nicely done, especially matching up the movements through all the costume changes. Reminds me of a clip from one of the “That’s Entertainment!” movies that shows Fred Astaire doing the same dance routine in two different costumes. (They showed the clips side by side.) He rehearsed each number so well that — except for the costume — there was no difference between the two clips. Just like the couple here! Bravo!

Ohhh! That was fun!!! I HATE changing clothes (I mean, I do change them everyday, just not multiple times in one day), I can’t imagine how many times they had to change clothes and repeat that dance! Bravo!

This reminds me a lot of the Country singer Josh Turner’s music video of “Why Don’t we just Dance?”. They had a few different dances from different decades and different outfits to go with each. Of course it wasn’t as in depth as this video, which was so much fun to watch It makes me wish people still dressed like they did in the 50’s

This was done as an advertisement for a new shopping store/mall in the UK, which would explain why there’s no preppy section in it. It would also explain the slightly different fashion looks.

@JustLaura, I’m sure hobble skirts were not included because it would be nearly impossible to dance in them. Also, the Charleston continued as a partner dance into the 40’s, although the peak of popularity was in the late 20’s.

But if I were attempting a top fashion/top dances of the decades, logically I wouldn’t include the Charleston in the 1930s, just as I wouldn’t include the Macarena (ugh) in the 2000s.

Women did dance, albeit awkwardly, in hobble skirts. While the Tango heavily influenced the end of the trend of hobble skirts, there were some funny moments, I’m sure for these poor women in their overly constricting dress. I just wish this video would have depicted this distinctive early 20th century garment – it helps us all appreciate our freer fashion today!

Source discussing dancing, including the dangerous hobble skirt: Page 119 of The Wicked Waltz and Other Scandalous Dances: Outrage at Couple Dances in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries.

@Just Laura, Hobble skirts were a striking fashion item, but there’s simply no way to show all of the fashion trends of the last 100 years in less than two minutes. Also, from what I’ve found, the original hobble skirt was much more common in the U.S. than in England, with the straight and draped skirts being more popular in England and Europe, outside of France.